ROME -- Italy's 2024 Paralympic Games got off to a perfect start on Thursday as Carlotta Gilli's golden success capped a five-medal haul in the pool at the La Défense Arena.

 ROME -- The second round at the US Open started off in scorching conditions and ended the next day in what passes for normal in New York in August.

ROME -- Napoli have confirmed the signing of Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea in a deal worth an initial 30 million euros.

 ROME -- After a spectacular and pulse raising Olympic Games in Paris ended nearly three weeks ago, the French capital re-awakens on Wednesday to do it all again with the Paralympics.

 ROME -- Sicilian police have reportedly placed three crew members of the sunken Bayesian under formal investigation, including the second-in-command Tijs Koopman, as authorities try to understand

 ROME -- Ezio Gamba, the decorated Italian judoka who has previously trained Vladimir Putin, has announced his decision to leave his role as technical coordinator of the Russian national teams.

 ROME -- A man has been arrested in Sarroch, Cagliari after police discovered he had hidden his mother’s dead body in the freezer to keep withdrawing her pension, Il Fatto Quotidiano has reported o

 ROME -- Contending with New York City’s heat, humidity and normal chaos, Italians made a good showing over the first two days of the US Open.

 ROME -- On the final day of the 1999/2000 Serie A season, Sven-Göran Eriksson led out his Lazio team with the weight of being nearly-rans deep in the team’s psyche.

 ROME -- The German non-governmental organisation RESQSHIP has rescued 43 refugees, including four children, in the Mediterranean after the dinghy they were travelling on began to deflate.

 ROME -- A girl has died after a Smart car, illegally carrying four passengers, overturned in Giugliano, Campania on Sunday.

 ROME -- The captain of the luxury Bayesian yacht, which sank off the coast of Palermo last Monday and killed seven people, has been formally placed under investigation after being questioned again

 ROME -- In normal circumstances, anticipation of the US Open in New York City prompts nothing more serious than predictions about who will win the men’s and women’s titles.

ROME -- For many engaged couples, the idea of getting married in Italy is a dream.

 ROME -- As Italian politics reawakens after the summer break, it has not taken long to explode back into action.

 ROME -- The daughter of Mike Lynch, 18-year-old Hannah Lynch, has been confirmed dead after divers recovered her body on Friday, Giornale di Sicilia is reporting.

 ROME -- Two men have been killed after an ultralight aircraft they were flying crashed and set on fire near Terni on Thursday afternoon, including former Pescara football club vice-president Claud

 ROME -- After a difficult few months battling illness and injury, Italian world number one Jannick Sinner is finally back in the spotlight. This time, though, it is not because of his tennis.

 ROME -- More than 1000 migrants are presumed dead since January 2024 while crossing the Mediterranean, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has confirmed.

 ROME -- The British tycoon Mike Lynch is among five people reported to be dead in the search for missing passengers after the sinking of a luxury yacht, the Giornale di Sicilia newspaper reported

 ROME -- Around 300 passengers were evacuated on Tuesday from a ferry boat heading to the island of Elba after a fire broke out in the boat’s engine room.

 ROME -- Thiago Motta began his managerial debut at Juventus with a 3-0 win over Como on Monday night, while Antonio Conte’s Napoli tenure got off to a nightmare start on the opening weekend of the